BEIJING, March 13 -- Employees of a Pennsylvania pet store expecting a
shipment of tropical fish and salt water got a man's dead body instead.
Mark Arabia, who owns the Pets Plus store in northeast Philadelphia, says
he learned the body was that of a 65-year-old San Diego-area man who died of
early onset Alzheimer's disease.
The body was supposed to go to a research laboratory in Allentown, a
70-mile drive away.
U.S. Airways Inc. released a statement saying the air cargo problem was
caused by a "verbal miscommunication between a delivery driver and the cargo
representative." The Tempe, Ariz.-based airline said it's deeply sorry.
The fish were shipped in three boxes. The corpse was shipped in a wooden
coffin wrapped in cardboard.
Arabia said the fish were left at the airport and probably died.
(Source: chinadaily.com.cn/Agencies)
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